[Dixielandjazz] practicing your instrument

[ART WOOD]

Thanks for bringing up the memory of Jim Beebe.
We struck up a friendship via the DJML as well.
I knew that he played with Bob Scobey when Bob was in Chicago...Jim was also good friends with Scobey's trombone player in the Bay Area, Jack Buck.
Jack had an understated gentleman's style which fit well into Scobey's strong lead.
Cigar smoking Jack was a good friend and had many stories to tell. 
He was a veteran of the "dime jigs" aka taxi dances. Jack doubled on piano and told me that the guys on those gigs knew the music so well from repetition that to avoid boredom they switched instruments frequently...
I got to hear him play at the Rose Room in the 60's in Oakland, the last of the dime jigs. A trio that really put out.
Stay healthy!
Art Wood

On Monday, April 20, 2020 jim <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:
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As usual I have my daily “honk” on my trombone on any day that I’m not gigging.  And, since no gatherings at all are allowed in Spain now, that daily practice is REALLY daily!  However, it doesn’t necessarily just mean playing on my own, as I have a large collection of music I can play along with.  Yesterday, I put on a cd of Jim Beebe’s Chicago Jazz Band.  Before Jim passed away a few years ago, I became friends with him on DJML.  We ended up swapping cds.  I was really pleased when he complimented me by saying he normally didn’t get into triple tonguing , and he had noticed I used that technique a bit on my recording.  Nice to get a compliment from someone as well respected as Jim was…is still!

  

So, while playing along with his band, I had the thought that fans of our kind of music (such as Marek and others on this great list) have the opportunity to listen to Jazz these days on recordings, we musicians are luckier….we get to “join in” with any band just by putting on a recording and getting our horns out!  

  

Good to look at the good side of this isolation we are all having to go through!

  

Jim
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